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The very first television picture from space, taken by the TIROS-I Satellite on April 1, 1960.
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This black and white photograph of earth is the first televised picture from space.

Credit: Courtesy of NASA

TIROS I captured 22,952 images of weather systems before a power failure seventy-seven days into its mission, and demonstrated the feasibility of weather observation by satellite.

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